One of the most unique home dcor items available are woventapestries. They often are scenes that reflect historical events or historicalfigures. They are a textile art that uses a vertical loom and hand knitsstrands of wool to create that picture or painting. Tapestries can be tracedback to the 4th Century BC but really didn't come into favor until the middleages or the 14th century.
In the middle ages the art form that is the making of thetapestries became perfected. This art form originated in Switzerland and crept into Germany and then spread its way to the east in the form of Holland and France. Finally France became the tapestry capital of the world. Unfortunatelythe French revolution and the violence of it saw many homes burned and many ofthe tapestries went right along with them.
Though the middle ages, everyone had tapestries depictingworks of art, and even the poorest of person had a tapestry. All throughout thetowns of Europe homes had tapestries as decorative wall hangings. The other placethese tapestries were in large churches. Many of the first tapestries hadreligious events depicted on them. In later centuries the tapestries werecommissioned by nobility and they would ask artists to weave a tapestry of abattle in the Crusades. Those battle scenes would be hung though out the homeof the nobility.
There are several ways to work with the threads. When thewarp threads are hidden, it makes a perfect wall tapestry. In a normal clothweaving, you see the weft threads. The weft is a horizontal thread weaves overand under the warp threads. The main job of a weft thread is to fell in thespace that are in the warp threads The warp threads are the main stay of theweave. It is the long thread that run vertically and tied to the looms and theweft threads run over them. When creating an inspirational wall hangingtapestry, the warp threads are set with threads of cotton or linen that formthe outline or framework of the picture that will be on the tapestry. Often theweft threads are wool or cotton but sometimes the interjection of medals likegold, silver are introduced. Also silk was also used as an alternative to addvariation. By adding all these variations of thread type it gave the artist theability to expand their creation.
By adding all these different thread types the ability tomake more intricate the tapestry became. It was very common to walk into amedieval church and find tapestries depicting the Annunciation, theResurrection, and the Last Supper and even to the modern day the churches havetapestries depicting saints and people out of the Bible. Some of the cloisternuns have take up the art form and either weave or embroider tapestries forparishes that in most cases depict the Blessed Mother or the Parton Saint of theParish.
The rich history of tapestry is a perfect home dcor item.It adds old world charm to any home or church. And an added benefit is inpublic display it does call attention to itself that reminds us of thereligious events that help form the tapestry of our faith.
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